Domenico Nicola Aniello Scotti is an American actor, model and singer. Scotti left high school to travel the world for a career in modeling, moving to Japan at age 17 and France at age 19. In the process, he became a popular male model. He appeared on the cover of ''

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'' in June 1996 with a heading that read, "Biology of Beauty". His self-titled debut album, released in 1993 on

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, contains two songs that reached the ''

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Hot Dance Club Play Dance Club Songs is a chart published weekly by '' Billboard'' magazine in the United States. It is a national look over of club disc jockeys to determine the most popular songs being played in nightclubs across the country. It was launched as t ...

chart. The first, " Wake Up Everybody", was a

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of a hit song by

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from 1976. It reached No. 9 on the Club Play chart in May of that year and remained on the chart for eleven weeks. Whitburn, Joel (2004). ''Hot Dance/Disco 1974–2003'', (Record Research Inc.), page 229. The follow-up single, " Get Over", was written by

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and Stephen Bray and produced by Madonna and

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. "Get Over" peaked at No. 33 on the Club Play chart. From 1996 through 1999, Scotti had a contract role on the

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soap opera ''

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'', where he portrayed an auto mechanic named Tony Viscardi. In 1997, he starred in the independent film ''

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'', which was directed by Tony Vitale. For his role in that film, he received a Leonardo da Vinci Award from the Beaux Arts Society, Inc. in the category of Actor, Debut Performance (Film) in 1997.Profile
, beauxartssociety.org. Retrieved September 21, 2015. Other film credits include ''

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'' (1996) and ''

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'' (1999). Scotti appeared in episodes of the television programs ''

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'' and '' Tracey Takes On...''. In 2004, he hosted a cooking, fashion, and lifestyle show on the

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titled ''New York Nick''.

Actor

*2006: ''The Last Request'' - Tom *2005: ''

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'' - Jason *2002: ''

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'' (TV series) - Joe, Worldwide Express Guy – Cover Girl *1999: ''

'' - Kenny *1996: ''

'' (TV series) Tony Viscardi (1996–1999) *1998: '' Tracey Takes On...'' (TV series) - Johnno – Smoking (1998) *1997: ''

'' - Frankie *1996: ''

'' - Young Boy No. 2 – Philly

Music

*1993: ''Nick Scotti'' (album)

References

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* Living people American male singers Male models from New York (state) Television personalities from New York City Male actors from New York City American people of Italian descent Year of birth missing (living people) {{US-singer-stub